Sirolimus, also known as rapamycin, is a macrocyclic lactone antibiotic produced by bacteria Streptomyces hygroscopicus, which was isolated from the soil of the Vai Atari region of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It was first isolated and identified as an antifungal agent with potent anticandida activity; however, after its potent antitumor and immunosuppressive a...
Sirolimus is indicated for the prophylaxis of organ rejection in patients aged 13 years or older receiving renal transplants. In patients at low-to moderate-immunologic risk, it is recommended that sirolimus be used initially in a regimen with cyclosporine and corticosteroids; cyclosporine should be withdrawn two to four months after transplantation. In pati...
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
AgelessRx, Chicago, Illinois, United States
University Hospital System, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Audie L Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Centers, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Texas Children's Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria university, Egypt, Alexandria, Egypt
Children's Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, 6th Floor, St Mary's Hospital, Oxford Road, Manchester, United Kingdom
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, 5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Oakland, California, United States
University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
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